Lotari

Online store with high-quality blinds, roller blinds, and accessories

Read more about Magento 1 to Magento 2 migration process for lotari.pl.

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The issue
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Our solution
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Solution in details
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Realisation in numbers
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The results
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Technologies
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The issue

why did we establish cooperation?

For a few years, Lotari has been using a Magento 1-based e-commerce. However, over time, numerous obstacles to the system’s efficiency and new functionalities development occurred. Moreover, the store’s graphic layout stood out from the current e-commerce design trends.

A crucial argument for changes was a Magento 1 support end of life in June 2020. Lack of official Adobe support and new security patches releases make Magento 1 maintenance dangerous – the system is more vulnerable to security breaches.

Produkty w sklepie Lotari

Our solution

which strategy did we apply?

Lotari was satisfied with the Magento platform. Thus, the company wanted to continue working on it. To make that, Magento upgrade from version 1 to actively supported v. 2.x was a necessity. Due to vast differences in Magento 1 and 2 structure, migration is not a typical upgrade like in many platforms. It resembles an e-commerce development from scratch. The process demands, e.g., theme adjustment or rewriting modules that are not compatible with M2.

Lotari migration required from us a lot of work due to numerous dedicated modules and functionalities included in Magento 1. Moreover, we were responsible for the new graphic layout design and its implementation, which now shows the brand’s modern character and enables intuitive navigation through the website.

Solution in details

which areas were crucial?
Mobile version of Lotari online store

Extended menu

The second-level menu was designed with the view to the best user experience. Our developers added a search engine, files upload option, and categories sneak peeks, which makes the menu more attractive to potential customers.

ERP integration

Lotari uses a personalized ERP system that downloads and processes around 1 million product prices. Our team prepared a dedicated module that enables Magento 2 integration with ERP.

Adobe Stock integration

Thanks to that integration, customers can choose between millions of high-quality graphics available in the Adobe Stock catalog to print.

Product configurator

Lotari has already used the product configurator on Magento 1-based online store. Our team modernized the obsolete solution so that it enables better product personalization. The new configurator allows:

  • putting photos on blinds, pillows, pictures, and wallpapers prints;
  • adding effects (alignment, reflection, pattern duplication);
  • selecting product size;
  • choosing fabric and accessories.

Thumbnail generator

We wrote a dedicated module that generates print visualization on a particular product. Thanks to that, customers can see an illustrative view of the product before the purchase.

Related products’ gallery

„Inspiration gallery” enables product promotion. In this place, customers can see product visualizations. This solution can make them more willing to buy products.

Realisation in numbers

project’s statistics
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We spent 1400 hours on development works.

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We prepared 30 dedicated modules.

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The project team consisted of 3 Magento Developers, Tech Lead, and a Project Manager.

The results

benefits for our Client
  1. Actively supported Magento 2 version.
  2. Keeping all essential data from Magento 1 thanks to data migration.
  3. Top security – access to official updates and Adobe’s security patches.
  4. The up-to-date graphic layout compliant with the brand’s visual identification.
  5. Simplified content management system adjusted to customer’s needs.
  6. Vast possibilities for further shop development thanks to the highest coding standards.

Technologies

which were used
Elasticsearch

Apache Lucene-based search engine used, e.g., in Magento 2.

MariaDB

One of the most popular databases globally made by MySQL developers.

Our Customers

check who relied on our services
Łukasz Filut
Director of IT / WSB

The partnership approach of Smartbees makes our cooperation an effective and pleasant one. That is why we do not hesitate to contract out new assignments to them.

Mateusz Tomczak
Marketing specialist / VELO

They are good at establishing a strong business relationship with customers.

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